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A combination of too many lawyers, greater information on law firms and more alternative legal services has made life much more difficult for BigLaw. | 12yrs

Dickstein Shapiro has lost part of its Washington team to Greenberg Traurig which is looking to strengthen its public policy and law group. | 12yrs

As consolidation sweeps the Scottish legal market, leading practice Maclay Murray & Spens is also considering a combination. | 12yrs

Associates at New York-based Cahill Gordon will be getting summer bonuses of between US$5,000 and US$15,000 depending on seniority. | 12yrs

Slater & Gordon is introducing a share scheme in Australia and the UK through which it will match the investment of each employee up to A$500 or £375 with a contribution of its own. | 12yrs

Deal makers may be ignoring the risk that cyber issues represent to M&A transactions, according to research and analysis carried out by Freshfields. | 12yrs

M&A specialist Pascal Squercioni and colleague Antoine Gabizon, a tax lawyer, are leaving UGGC to join the Paris Freshfields office. | 12yrs

Law school graduates are finding work easier in larger law firms compared to the past couple of years | 12yrs

New Zealand Law Society President Chris Moore thinks it's time to reconsider how journalists cover justice matters. | 12yrs

The Attorney General of the state of Mississippi has issued a warning about scams being carried out by falsely using the name of a local law firm, an issue also being faced in the UK. | 12yrs

BlackBerry is claiming that 74 per cent of the top 31 UK law firms have either begun using or are considering its BES 10 product which enables users to separate their work and personal use on the phones. | 12yrs

Shearman & Sterling has lost a litigation mandate after Robert Tchenguiz traded the US firm for Stephenson Harwood in a £300m case. | 12yrs

Private law firms are becoming more involved in working out the space law issues which used to be settled by foreign ministries and diplomats, according to Del Smith of Jones Day. | 12yrs

Law firms are expecting to increase the numbers of senior lawyers in their ranks, according to a survey. | 12yrs

Morrison & Foerster has appointed a managing partner for its offices in Europe, some nine months after opening in Berlin. | 12yrs

The three brothers who ran collapsed law firm Marrache & Co have been sentenced for their part in a scam which saw clients losing £40 million. | 12yrs

The Specialized Criminal Court in Jiddah has sentenced Waleed Abul-Khair to 15 years in jail for 'undermining the regime and officials' and 'inciting public opinion'. | 12yrs

A weekly round-up on moves across the globe. | 12yrs

A global survey showed that the majority of those in Asia Pacific think reputational damage will be the most important issue over the next two years. | 12yrs